RAYMOND DOUGLAS "DOUG" ROBBINS of Benton Harbor, MI died October 22, 2011 at the age of 57. He served under the apprenticeship of his father, Raymond A. Robbins, at the Robbins Brothers Funeral Home, which has been in business for 79 years. He was the director and owner of the firm until his death. In 1980, he graduated from the...
KRISTEN RUSIEWICZ DUNN of Upper Burrell Township, PA died October 16, 2011 at the age of 41. She was the vice president of the Rusiewicz Funeral Homes. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1992, and graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science in 1993.
FRANK BUTLER of Bessemer City, NC died October 14, 2011 at the age of 51. He was a third generation funeral director at Sisk-Butler Funeral Home.
WILLIAM "BILL" HAGEMAN JR., of Denver, CO died October 12, 2011 at the age of 72. He established Hageman's Mortuary Transport Service in 1987. He was a member of the Colorado Funeral Directors Association.
JAMES MARKINS of Gibson, GA died October 11, 2011 at the age of 57. He was a licensed funeral director and owner of the Sheppard Funeral Home. A graduate of Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service, he was a member of the Georgia Funeral Directors Association, the Independent Funeral Directors of Georgia and the Academy of Graduate Embalmers.
JAMES W. STICKLE of Yuma, AZ formerly of Bay City, MI died October 10, 2011 at the age of 85. He was a licensed funeral director for over 52 years, working at W.A Trahan Funeral Chapel in Bay City; RG & GR Harris Funeral Homes in Detroit; The Ira Kaufman Chapel in Southfield; A.H. Peters Funeral Home in Grosse Pointe...
JOHN CLARK EVERLY of Alexandria, VA died October 10, 2011at the age of 77. He was the president of Everly Funeral Homes, Inc., serving the families of North Virginia for over 50 years at the Everly-Wheatley Funeral Home. He also served as administrator of the Presbyterian Cemetery. A graduate of Eckels School of Mortuary Science, he was past president of...
RICKY JOE SHAFFER of Wichita Falls, TX died October 9, 2011 at the age of 57. He was a funeral director at Smith Funeral Home and for Lunn's Colonial Funeral Home.
TODD HAROLD MAGLEBY of Benicia, CA died October 8, 2011 at the age of 46. He was co-owner, with his brothers, Brad and Mark, of Oak Park Hills Chapel Funeral Home in Walnut Creek. He graduated from San Francisco College of Mortuary Science in 1989.
WILLIAM J. OLDANI, JR., of Royal Oak, MI died October 6, 2011 at the age of 65. He was a longtime funeral director at A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Home, and had also worked with Ira Kaufman Chapel in Southfield. He was a graduate of the Wayne State University of Mortuary College in Detroit.